Cylinder Seal

B14432

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14432
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Ur I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Hematite. Black. Ur, I Dyn. Broken.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of Ishtar holding the scimitar, her bare leg lifted on a crouched lion. The human worshiper has a turban, and a fringed shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg below his tunic. The usual divine attendant adores with both hands up. Broken, concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 27 x 17 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 399 - Other Number | 1686 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1686 - Old Museum Number | P269398 - CDLI Number

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